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The teams will all get dedicated office space in Teesside Launchpad for six months, together with a support package including specialist mentoring, business workshops, networking and access to finance and investment support.

Steve Dougan, Head of Graduate Enterprise at Teesside University, said: 'Launchpad FUEL offers a unique opportunity for start-ups to access grant funding to give their businesses a real chance of becoming successful.

'Even the start-ups which did not receive the funding benefited enormously from the eight weeks of development they have undertaken.

'It was also extremely gratifying to see so many social enterprises awarded funding.

'This was not a deliberate decision on our part, but demonstrates that social enterprise is becoming increasingly popular as a business model among young entrepreneurs.' Teesside Launchpad is based in a converted Victorian school at the University’s Middlesbrough campus and offers a co-working space where students, graduates, alumni-entrepreneurs, SMEs and corporate partners can come together in a unique start-up eco-system.

In the News

New businesses received almost £40,000 fundingNorth East Times County Magazine, 01/11/2071
Six new businesses have received funding of almost £40,000 in the latest round of the Launchpad FUEL programme at Teesside University.

Funding boost for Teesside companiesInsider Media Limited (Web) 24/10/2017:
Six new businesses have secured almost £40K of funding as part of an initiative launched by Teesside University. Launchpad FUEL is a development programme open to the organisation's students/Graduates

Teesside start-ups receive almost £40,000 fundingBQ Magazine (Web)19/10/2017:
The latest round of the Launchpad FUEL programme at Teesside University has provided six start-ups with funding totalling nearly £40,000.